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Ouvrage de Saint-Ours Bas

Ouvrage de Saint-Ours Bas is a maginot Line fort. You will find it in Val d'Oronaye. Within 15 km there are 30 more places to visit, starting with Fort de Tournoux (4.4 km).

Where
In Val d'Oronaye
inside the commune
How well known
Top 9%
#3,165 of 37,318 French places we list
Warmest months
Jun–Sep
highs of 17–22°C
In brief

Museum in Val d'Oronaye

One of the best-known places to visit in France

#3,165 of the 37,318 museums, châteaux, gardens and other attractions we list in France, by how widely it is covered (3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles). About ↓

In Val d'Oronaye

Ouvrage de Saint-Ours Bas is in the commune of Val d'Oronaye, with 18 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

The seasons here

In Val d'Oronaye, June to September bring the warmest days: highs of 17–22°C.

Jan4° / -6°50 mm
Feb5° / -6°39 mm
Mar8° / -3°46 mm
Apr11° / -1°65 mm
May15° / 3°72 mm
Jun19° / 7°83 mm
Jul22° / 9°63 mm
Aug22° / 9°63 mm
Sep17° / 5°71 mm
Oct12° / 2°93 mm
Nov7° / -2°86 mm
Dec4° / -5°61 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Val d'Oronaye, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Ceillac station, 22 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Val d'Oronaye’s full climate →
About

Ouvrage de Saint-Ours Bas

3 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Ouvrage de Saint-Ours Bas on Wikipedia ↗

Type
Museum
Covered in
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune
Val d'Oronaye, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).
The map

Around Ouvrage de Saint-Ours Bas, mapped

The places near Ouvrage de Saint-Ours Bas are numbered on the map in the order below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is the commune of Val d'Oronaye. · commune boundary: IGN

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

12
  1. 1Val d'Oronaye
  2. 2Barcelonnette
1 · It’s in this commune

Val d'Oronaye

87 people

2 · 16 km southwest of it

Barcelonnette

2,518 people

Compare the 2 towns
TownWhere Ouvrage de Saint-Ours Bas isPeople
Val d'OronayeIt’s in this commune87
Barcelonnette16 km southwest of it2,518
Make a day of it

Other places close by

Within 15 km you can add 3 forts, 2 museums and 2 châteaux.

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Your questions on Ouvrage de Saint-Ours Bas

Where is Ouvrage de Saint-Ours Bas?

Ouvrage de Saint-Ours Bas is in Val d'Oronaye, in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur).

What is Ouvrage de Saint-Ours Bas?

Maginot Line fort.

How well known is Ouvrage de Saint-Ours Bas?

Ouvrage de Saint-Ours Bas has 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #3,165 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Ouvrage de Saint-Ours Bas?

June to September are the warmest months in Val d'Oronaye, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Ouvrage de Saint-Ours Bas?

Within 15 km: Fort de Tournoux (4.4 km), Ouvrage de Fontvive Nord-Ouest (700 m), Ouvrage de Saint-Ours Haut (900 m) and Ouvrage de Roche-la-Croix (1 km).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.